"Grandpa Joe's Final Words" video reminds NN of her younger days when she was at school. Some teachers loved to belittle their pupils at school. One teacher said to NN's classmate that she was hopeless and good for nothing. This girl has grown up into a successful lady who is well known and celebrated by the society. Where is the teacher now? Remained as an old retired teacher. The girl vowed to the teacher, "You say I am good at nothing and hopeless? You will see one day when you become an old woman, I will become a famous person". This was exactly what she did! Teachers and parents have to be careful with what they say to the younger people. Most of the time a person's self-esteem is destroyed by their parents and teachers belittling and discouraging words. They do not realise that their words uttered when they are angry can affect their pupils',students' or children's self-esteem. Parents and teachers are supposed to be leaders ...
Thinking about English Language. It is international language. We all globally speak English. But have you noticed how interesting it is when people from all nations and continents speak English but with his/her own flavour and way of expressing himself/herself in English. The Far Eastern Asian speak with difficulty in 'l' and 'r'. The Indonesians with difficulty to pronounce 'golf' which they pronounce it as 'golof','z' becomes 'jet'. People from India have difficulty between 'v' and 'w'. Middle-Eastern peonounce 'Pepsi-Cola' as 'Bebsi-Cola'. The South-East-Asians mostly struggle with their 'th'. 'Three' becomes 'tree'. The French say 'Thursday' as 'Therr-sday', 'Friday' as 'Frrai-day'.The Germans say 'the' as 'ze'.It doesn't mean that they do not know how to speak English, but it is the grammar,phonetical tone, diction,pronunciation and voice projection which are mostly the handicap.But again, this makes it interesting, don't you think so?
ReplyDeleteThere is a joke about Asian students first arrival at an Australian airport. The Immigration officer asked a student,"Do you come here "to-die"? The student answered, "No, I come here to study sir". The officer was perplexed... :-D